Magic Radios – An Ode to Military Humor
While stationed at Fort Benning I owned a metallic brown metal flake 1968 Buick Wildcat. I was quite partial to that big block Buick for a couple of reasons. First,…
Chair Match – An Ode to Military Humor
Life in the infantry at Fort Benning, Georgia for lower enlisted soldiers consisted of some pretty mundane duties and tasks. In my case, life consisted of painting rocks, raking dirt,…
New Car Plan – An Ode to Military Humor
My wife had been driving her Ford Maverick for quite a while, so I thought she liked the car. But one day out of the blue, she came up to…
Wadcutters are Paper Perfect – An Ode to Military Humor
I was on leave in between duty stations and decided to spend a week or so at my parents’ house in North Dakota. As luck would have it, I was…
Impala Hit and Miss – An Ode to Military Humor
It was a warm, sunny Saturday afternoon as I drove my van into my driveway and parked in the carport next to the garage beside my house in Spanaway, Washington. …
Back Door Seats – An Ode to Military Humor
When I was stationed at the Ordnance Officer Basic Course at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, I didn’t do a lot of socializing, but occasionally my wife and I did go…
Expensive Donuts – An Ode to Military Humor
Early one morning at 2:30 AM, the phone started ringing off the hook. When I answered it, it was the staff duty officer for the area support group at Fort…
Penny Raining Fairlane – An Ode to Military Humor
We were downtown in Tacoma, Washington on South Tacoma Way. It was basically the whole gang. When I say it was the whole gang, I mean it was my wife,…
Change – An Ode to Military Humor
If you’ve been in the military for any length of time, one thing that you will notice is that change is the only constant. The military loves change. For example,…
Chains Unlocked – An Ode to Military Humor
When I was stationed at Fort Benning, Georgia, I drove as the duty driver for the Central Confinement Facility (CCF) on a pretty regular basis. For example, I was driving…